Governor Rauner snuck in this gun confiscation bill on Friday when he thought no one was looking. Breitbart…Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) signed legislation empowering police to confiscate firearms from citizens and extending the waiting period for gun purchases to 72 hours. The new waiting period means a single woman being pursued by a stalker […]
Category: Illinois
Rauner bashes Trump again after Putin summit
Is Rauner a neocon political coward for his failure to support President Trump? “I am aware of what he [Trump] said yesterday, and I was deeply troubled by it — deeply troubled,” Gov. Rauner told reporters at the Statehouse Tuesday afternoon following a bill signing. “We should not be defending the Russians’ behavior,” Rauner said. […]
Rauner’s legacy: 274 precent jump in taxpayer-funded abortion
In September, Governor Bruce Rauner signed a bill expanding public financing for abortions in Illinois. The bill, HB40, permits abortion coverage by state employee health insurance and Medicaid funds. The proposal also safeguards abortion access by striking statutory language expressing the state’s intent to criminalize the procedure if the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized […]
Rauner makes millions from state detention centers, union pension deals
After signing the unpopular Illinois Trust Act – which makes Illinois a sanctuary state for illegal immigrants – a new report reveals Governor Bruce Rauner’s firm makes millions of dollars from his interest in a for-profit health care provider that has millions in government contracts with immigrant detention centers. Conservatives called out Rauner as a […]
Letter to the editor: Media hypocrisy on Trump, illegal immigration
To The Decatur Daily: I don’t know how you can do it. You continue to frame the the immigration crisis as a struggle between persecuted families yearning for a better life opposed by hard-hearted white nativists determined to maintain racial purity. Right before your eyes, elements of both political parties are trying to impose slavery — not legal […]
Categories Champaign-UrbanaIllinoisPoliticsRauner
Rauner apologies but fallout continues on Champaign-Urbana diss
News-Gazette… A word of advice for Gov. Bruce Rauner: You may want to avoid disparaging Champaign-Urbana when you’re talking tech. The governor apologized to Champaign County business and civic leaders Tuesday for comments he made about the home of the state’s flagship research university during a Chicago radio interview last week. Rauner’s assertion that Champaign-Urbana […]
Rauner claims credit for Trump’s Supreme Court victory on Janus case
Incumbent Governor Bruce Rauner crowed about his victory Wednesday after the U.S. Supreme ruled against public-sector unions in the Janus v. AFSCME decision. In a 5-4 decision, the court determined that nonunion workers cannot be forced to pay fees to public sector unions. The case was filed by the Rauner-funded Liberty Justice Center. Rauner was a plaintiff […]
Categories IllinoisPoliticsRahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel’s friends, donors benefit from Chicago teacher pension fund investments
I spy Rahm Emanuel with my Illinois eye. Downstate here. In 2015, the International Business Times wrote this. It is the kind of transaction Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s much-touted ethics reforms appeared designed to halt: Chicago teachers’ pension money flowed to financial companies connected to some of the mayor’s friends and top donors. Emanuel, whose administration […]
It’s on: McCann files 65,000+ signatures for Governor, defies Bruce Rauner
State Sen. Sam McCann, a pro-life, pro-Trump Conservative Party candidate for governor, was joined by his running mate, Aaron Merreighn of Riverton, on Monday as they filed more than 65,000 signatures to get on the Nov. 6 ballot. McCann’s candidacy represents a serious challenge from the right to unpopular incumbent Republican Governor Bruce Rauner. “This […]
Rauner, Pritzker, and Rahm blast Trump on Clinton-era migrant policy
What do Bruce Rauner, JB Pritzker, and Rahm Emanuel have in common? They all hate President Donald Trump. In the middle of a planned speech Monday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel pivoted from the script to take a shot at President Donald Trump. “I think it is an absolute mistake what’s happening on our border in […]